The spending plan lawmakers sent to Healey on Thursday "addresses timely issues through key, targeted investments," state ...

The measure needs approval in the House before it can be sent to Gov. Maura Healey, who has said she would sign it.

An unprecedented work stoppage by private defense attorneys that has plunged Massachusetts’ court system into chaos entered deeper uncharted territory on Wednesday when a judge ordered three attorneys ...

The state Senate OK'd a bill to require all public schools to ban cellphones. Are there exceptions, and how will local schools have to change?